Hog-trough.



w. T. PATTERSON. HOG THOUGH.

APPLICATION FILED OCT 29, I914. RENEWED SEPT-28. 1916- 1,223, 199. IPatented Apr. 17,1917

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Specification of Letters Batent.

'. Patented Apr. 17', 1917.

Application filed October 29, 1914, Serial No. 369,267. RenewedSeptember 28, 1916. Serial No. 122,746.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VVILLlIAM T. PATTEIF son, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Shelbina, in the county of Shelby and.

State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHog-Troughs, and I do hereby declare the following to be and arrangementof parts which will a be fully set forth in the following specificationand accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of ahog trough constructed inaccordance with this invention,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 4 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line 44 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail sectional view of a fragment of the deviceillustrating the valve in detail.

Referring now to the drawings by characters of reference, the numeral 1designates the tank or barrel for containing the swill, which comprisesthe cylindrical body 2 having at its lower terminal the closure 3. Asuitable cover member 4 is arranged to' be supported at the upperterminal of the body 2 and said cover member forms a closure therefor.Secured centrally of the bottom 3 is a suitable bearing member 5 inwhich the lower terminal of the shaft 6, which projects upwardly throughthe sleeve 7 formed in the cover member 4, is arranged to rotate. Thisshaft is provided at spaced intervals with suitable mixing paddles 8,

and has secured in its upper terminal the beveled gear 9. This gear 9 isarranged to mesh with the beveled gear 10 which is rotatably mounted onthe shaft 11, which projects through the side of the cylindrical bodyand is provided with a suitable crank 12 terminating in the handle 13 bymeans of which the device is rotated. Extending vertically through thecylindrical body 1 at diametrically opposite points are the rods 14which are provided at their upper terminals with the angular extension15 carrying the gripping member 16.

These rods are provided near their lower the member 20. as wil'lubeclearly seen upon referring to the drawings. Suitable end members 23 aresecured to the free ends of the troughs and support the strip 24 inspaced relation with the strip 20 hereinbe fore referred to andpositioned across the central portion of the strip 24, a U-shapedsupporting member-25 adapted to support the tank 2 over the trough andprevent the same from beingaccidentally displaced. A central partitionwall 25 is secured in the trough intermediate its ends and saidpartition wall is arranged to separate the device into two separatetroughs, as illustrated in Fig. 1.

Hingedly secured as at 26 to the lateral extremities of the strip24 arethe strips 27 carrying at spaced intervals the wires or rods 28,;thelower terminals-of which are secured to the bar 29, and it will thus beseen that a pair of hinged panels is providedfor each of the troughswhich will serve to prevent the hogs from climbing into the troughs andthereby polluting the contents.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that in use the container 1 isfilled with the swill or other feed and the same may be thoroughlystirred by turning the crank 12 by means of the handle 18. The valves 17are then opened, thus permitting the contents of the barrel-to flow intothe troughs. From the construction hereinbefore de scribed, it will beapparent "that'the hogs may then devour the contents of the troughsthrough the openings between the bars 28, and it will also be apparentthat the animals will be prevented from getting their feet into thetroughs and polluting the con tents thereof,

What is claimed is:

1. A hog feeding device including the combination with a containercomprising a cylindrical body, a closure at the lower terminal of thecylindrical body, said closure being provided with a pair of outletports, troughs. supported beneath the container, and means forsupporting the container directly over the. troughs, said troughs beingprovided with a pair of hinged panels, the panels being arranged to formdivision members and prevent the animals from placing anything but theirheads in the troughs, and a strip disposed between the troughs andrigidly connected to the same for bold ing the troughs at a relativelyspaced distance apart for preventing the animals from coming intocontact with one another when feeding.

I 2. A hog feeding device including a container, said containercomprising a cylindrical body, a closure at the lower terminal of thecylindrical body, said closure being provided with outlet ports, valvescontrolling the 'flow of the .contents of the container through theoutlet ports, of troughs, means positioned centrally over the troughsfor supporting the container over the same, said troughs being providedwith a central partition wall, and comprising a central ridge member,downward extensions formed laterally of the ridge member, said downwardextensions being provided on their free edges with upturned portions,the upturned portions and downward extensions forming V-shaped troughslaterally of the ridge member, and hinged panels operatively mountedwith relation to the troughs, said hinged panels being arranged to beswung upwardly to enable the person using the de vice to clean the same,and a connecting strip disposed between the two troughs and counectedthereto for holding the same at relatively spaced distance apartpreventing the faces of the animals from coming into contact with oneanother when feeding.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM T. PATTERSON. Witnesses:

NORA MCHENRY, J. B. WHITE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. C.

